Definition of pirate

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Pirate (n.) An armed ship or vessel which sails without a legal commission, for the purpose of plundering other vessels on the high seas..

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Pirate :: Pirate (n.) One who infringes the law of copyright, or publishes the work of an author without permission..
Ladrone :: Ladrone (n.) A robber; a pirate; hence, loosely, a rogue or rascal..
Sea King :: Sea king () One of the leaders among the Norsemen who passed their lives in roving the seas in search of plunder and adventures; a Norse pirate chief. See the Note under Viking.
Piracy :: Piracy (n.) The act or crime of a pirate.
Tenuis :: Tenuis (n.) One of the three surd mutes /, /, /; -- so called in relation to their respective middle letters, or medials, /, /, /, and their aspirates, /, /, /. The term is also applied to the corresponding letters and articulate elements in other languages..
Aspirated :: Aspirated (a.) Pronounced with the h sound or with audible breath.
Sea Rover :: Sea rover () One that cruises or roves the sea for plunder; a sea robber; a pirate; also, a piratical vessel..
Aspirate :: Aspirate (n.) A sound consisting of, or characterized by, a breath like the sound of h; the breathing h or a character representing such a sound; an aspirated sound..
Water Thief :: Water thief () A pirate.
Pirate :: Pirate (v. i.) To play the pirate; to practice robbery on the high seas.
Surd :: Surd (a.) Uttered, as an element of speech, without tone, or proper vocal sound; voiceless; unintonated; nonvocal; atonic; whispered; aspirated; sharp; hard, as f, p, s, etc.; -- opposed to sonant. See Guide to Pronunciation, //169, 179, 180..
Corsair :: Corsair (n.) A pirate; one who cruises about without authorization from any government, to seize booty on sea or land..
Pirate :: Pirate (v. t.) To publish, as books or writings, without the permission of the author..
Pirated :: Pirated (imp. & p. p.) of Pirat.
Infest :: Infest (v. t.) To trouble greatly by numbers or by frequency of presence; to disturb; to annoy; to frequent and molest or harass; as, fleas infest dogs and cats; a sea infested with pirates..
Aspirate :: Aspirate (a.) Alt. of Aspirate.
Algerine :: Algerine (n.) A native or one of the people of Algiers or Algeria. Also, a pirate..
Media :: Media (n.) One of the sonant mutes /, /, / (b, d, g), in Greek, or of their equivalents in other languages, so named as intermediate between the tenues, /, /, / (p, t, k), and the aspiratae (aspirates) /, /, / (ph or f, th, ch). Also called middle mute, or medial, and sometimes soft mute..
Pirate :: Pirate (n.) A robber on the high seas; one who by open violence takes the property of another on the high seas; especially, one who makes it his business to cruise for robbery or plunder; a freebooter on the seas; also, one who steals in a harbor..
Rapacity :: Rapacity (n.) The quality of being rapacious; rapaciousness; ravenousness; as, the rapacity of pirates; the rapacity of wolves..
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